Entry № 4118 · Egyptian origin

Hathor Hathor — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HATH-or /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Egyptian
Meaning
"House of Horus"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Egyptian)

A name that means "house of horus".

Hathor (𓉡 Ḥwt-Ḥr) is the ancient Egyptian goddess of love, beauty, music, motherhood, and joy. Her name means "house of Horus" — she was the mother (and sometimes consort) of Horus, the sky god.

Hathor is rare as a given name in the modern English-speaking world, but rising among parents drawn to ancient Egyptian mythology.

House of Horus — a Egyptian name.

The name in its native script.

Hathor
Transliteration
Hathor
Pronunciation
/ ˈhæθ.ɔːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hathor stands.

Hathor does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hathors before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hathor
Egyptian goddess of love and music.
Egyptian mythology

Names connected to Hathor.

The number behind Hathor.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hathor reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.